How To Annoy Your Parents

What better topic can we cover on Parent Night other than "How To Annoy Your Parents!" Many of you reading this believe you have this down. You are the king or queen, prince or princess ar annoying mom and dad. But what I mean by annoy isn't what you are thinking.

Now, whether you are a Christian or not, whether you have walked with the Lord most of your life or today is your very first time learning about God, one thing that influences and impacts you for the rest of your life is family!

TRUTHS ABOUT FAMILY

1. God Created Families
- Before the first family, the first children, there was sin! Adams and Eve sinned.
- Adam and Eve had children named Cain and Abel. Now Cain was the "good" one and Able was the "bad" one. To make a long story short, Cain took Able into a field and killed him! That was the start of humanity, the first family was out of control!

2. God Uses Family To Communicate Our Role In His Family
- Those of you who have a relationship with God have some point invited Him into your life. You said, "God, I want to be a Christan. I want to be life Christ. I want to be part of God's family!"
- Hebrews 2, "Jesus, who makes people holy (Holy does not mean perfect, but just meant set apart.) Those who are made holy are from the same family. He's not ashamed to call them brothers.
-God uses the word "family" to communicate our role in the bodt of Christ.

BASIC RELIZATIONS REGARDING SUCCESS WITH YOUR FAMILY

1. Realize That A Healthy Family Brings Life
- Ehesians 6, "Children obey your parents in the way the Lord wants...Honor your father and mother."

2. Realize That You Can't Control Your Family
- You think you can control them but you can't. The only person you can control is yourself!
- You can do this by choosing to honor and and to love.
- You must love the Lord your God with all your heart and your soul and your mind and all your strength.

3. Realize That You Can Control Your Attitude
- Why would a loving God want us to honor our parents? Why does He want us to respect them?
- Gravity: I don't understand gravity, but I know it's true. Because if I step off something like a stage I am going to fall and fall hard!
- Just because you don't understand it, doesn't mean it does not apply.